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Wolf aces explode at Firecracker!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on June 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Whidbey warriors (l to r) celebrate their tourney title. (Dawn Hesselgrave photos)

Whidbey warriors (l to r) Malia Hansen, Mia Littlejohn, Kalia Littlejohn and Jenna Cooley celebrate their tourney title. (Dawn Hesselgrave photos)

The best girls under 16 team in all the land.

The best girls under 16 team in all the land.

The will to win is strong in these two.

Powered by its one-two combo of Wolf sharpshooters in sisters Mia and Kalia Littlejohn, the NWU GU16 select soccer squad romped to its third straight win Sunday afternoon, claiming a title at the 21st annual Skagit Firecracker tourney in Burlington.

NWU bounced Snohomish United GU16 2-0 in its final game to cap a 3-0 run through the tournament.

The squad, which boasts four players total from Whidbey, had opened play with a 4-0 drilling of Gala FC Friday.

It then pulled out a heart-stopping 2-1 win over Snohomish Saturday when Kalia Littlejohn slipped a penalty kick past the goalie with less than 30 seconds to play.

Snohomish rebounded to beat Gala FC 3-0 late Saturday to give itself a shot at the title.

Then reality hit like a Littlejohn bomb smacking into the back of the net.

The CHS duo were joined by longtime traveling companion Malia Hansen and newcomer Jenna Cooley to rep Whidbey on the tourney title-winning squad, which is otherwise made up of off-Island players.

Mia Littlejohn was one of Coupeville High School’s top scoring threats last year, winning the award for the team’s top new player.

Kalia, who starred for the CMS volleyball and basketball squads, is expected to join her sister on the pitch in the fall, when she’ll be a freshman and Mia will be a grizzled vet as a sophomore.

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Who boosts the Booster Club? You do!!

Posted in Booster Club, tagged , , , , on June 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Kacie Kiel approves this message. So, we got that going for us, which is nice. (John Fisken photos)

  Kacie Kiel approves this message. So, we got that going for us, which is nice. (John Fisken photos)

mollie

   Mollie Bailey, the future of Wolf sports, would like to know someone out there will be ordering all the varsity letters she’s going to earn in the coming years.

Who’s gonna step up?

We’ve just rolled out of one school year, and are several months away from a new one, but that doesn’t mean things are totally quiet behind the scenes.

As Wolf athletes graduate, some parents fall off and others with younger kids rise to take their place, and now is a good time to think about helping make Coupeville High School athletics a success.

The school’s Booster Club, which keeps things humming year-round, has begun looking for people to fill a list of small, but important jobs.

In recent weeks they have used their Facebook page to put out the call for people interested in:

**Running the 50/50 raffles at home CHS football and basketball games

**Taking photos at games

**Ordering varsity letters and bars for teams at the end of seasons

**Ordering roses for Senior Night festivities

**Working as a membership coordinator for the club

**Helping with the scholarship committee, which hands out awards to Wolf senior student/athletes

Whether you have a son or daughter at CHS, or are just in the mood to help out cause you’re nice like that, now is the ideal time to get in touch with the booster club.

Yes, right now.

To find out more, pop over to the Booster Club’s FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Coupeville-Booster-Club/83614917107

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Kalia Littlejohn’s foot is deadly!!

Posted in Girls Soccer, tagged , , , , on June 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Kalia (left) and Mia Littlejohn. (Dawn Hesselgrave photo)

Kalia (left) and Mia Littlejohn. (Dawn Hesselgrave photo)

On the video, you can smell the goalie’s fear.

Coupeville High School freshman-to-be Kalia Littlejohn, playing for her select soccer squad, lines up the penalty kick with under 30 seconds to play in a tie game.

She circles the ball like a lioness, then her hand goes up and time starts to move in slow motion.

A slight dip of the head, the goalie visibly flinches, and then a sudden flick of Littlejohn’s left foot and the ball slices left to right and vanishes into the corner of the net.

Cue the celebration for Littlejohn and her NWU U16 teammates, including big sis Mia and fellow Whidbey booter Malia Hansen, as they claim a 2-1 win over Snohomish United GU16 Saturday.

That win, with the first goal coming from Hansen, lifted NWU to 2-0 in the on-going Skagit Firecracker tournament in Burlington.

NWU opened with a 4-0 romp over Gala FC Friday, and the two wins propel the team into the championship game in their division.

That game is 4:30 Sunday on Field 8 at Skagit River Park.

If the Littlejohns win, it’ll be the second straight summer their team has triumphed at the tourney.

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Quick hits: Mike Rice puts in work!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , on June 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Mike Rice

Mike Rice

With a new high school football season ahead of us, let’s take a look at some of the young men who will play for Coupeville High School for the first time this fall.

Mike Rice is putting in the time in the weight room.

And why not? That’s where the Coupeville High School freshman-to-be has gotten a lot of the encouragement which made him want to be a football player.

“I really think coach (Brett) Smedley has helped me to become who I am,” Rice said. “He always helps me to push myself and get better.

“If we’re in the weight room and I’m using a certain weight that looks easy, he’ll tell me to push myself and go up 10 pounds.”

Smedley is entering his first year as head coach of the Wolves, while Rice will be playing in his second season, having started as an eighth grader.

He first strapped on the gear because the sport, which is the only one he’s currently planning to play, seemed like a good time.

“I enjoy football because it’s so well organized and it’s just a fun contact sport,” Rice said.

As he adjusts to the quicker pace and increased power of high school football, Rice is always looking to fine-tune his game.

“I’m not sure what my strengths are, but I do need to improve on my speed a bit,” he said. “My goals are to try to work hard enough to get playing time in varsity games.

“I’m gonna try and be the best every minute of practice to show the coaches I could do it!”

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Quick hits: Coleby Fleming returns!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on June 12, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Coleby Fleming

Coleby Fleming

Fleming brings down a runner during his middle school gridiron days.

Fleming brings down a runner during his middle school gridiron days.

With a new high school football season ahead of us, let’s take a look at some of the young men who will play for Coupeville High School for the first time this fall.

This is not Coleby Fleming’s first rodeo.

While the Coupeville High School sophomore didn’t play football last year, he has four years of experience and is following in the footsteps of a brother who once starred for the Wolves.

That older brother, Bryce, was a top receiving threat during his time at CHS and is now in the Army, but his impact on Coleby can still be seen.

“My brother has made me a tougher kid,” Fleming said. “I thank him for everything and I look up to him.”

Add in the support he gets from his parents (“my mom and dad are always here for me, and it’s nice”), his proper choice of a favorite NFL team (Fleming is a proud member of Steeler Nation), and the toughness he’s gathered from commercial fishing, and he’s a well-rounded young athlete.

Bryce’s example led him to the gridiron in the start.

“I decided to start playing cause it just seemed like something fun and I seen my brother playing it and was like I should try this,” Fleming said. “When playing football I enjoy the big adrenaline rush.

“The feeling of making tackles, and completing the play is the best.”

After some thought he picks his wheels as his top asset (“I got speed, I guess,” he said with a laugh), while wanting to work on the complete game.

“I need to work on catching and learning how to work around players on the field,” Fleming said. “My goals for this season are to catch as many balls and get as many yards as I can.

“Just to be better in general.”

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